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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Spring Salmon and Leek Soup

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I was digging through my freezer today, searching for the last vestiges of some salmon I knew was hiding at the bottom. Salmon season is here and it's time to use the old to make room for the new. It proved to be a good day to undertake the search. The arctic blasts of winter are past, but our weather can still be unpredictable. Late this afternoon, our glorious weather changed and we had a fierce, if short, hail storm followed by heavy rains and rapidly dropping temperatures. It turned into a perfect day for soup. I used the tail ends of the resurrected salmon, quite literally, to make two soups we love. Both are fast, simple and light. They are what I call cusp soups. They are much lighter than the heavy soups of winter but have enough substance to make a meal. I thought we'd do one of them tonight and the other next week. This is the lighter of the two soups and it's my personal favorite. The recipe calls for fish stock. I make mine from shrimp shells that I freeze until I need stock. You can also dilute bottled clam with water to make a serviceable fish stock. Here's the recipe for a light and lovely salmon soup that's perfect for spring.Spring Salmon and Leek Soup...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite

So wonderfully good... you made me laugh about going to the bottom of the freezer... i remembered a recipe for candied salmon i saw years ago... maple syrup and slow smoking... I remember thinking at the time "hmm if I had some long frozen salmon... this would be great..." never tried it though... your recipe deserves the best.. love it!!

Salmon soup is actually one of my favorite soups, Mary. This sounds wonderful with leeks-probably better than mine with just regular, strong white onion. I'm going to try this for sure-we make fish soup here all the time...Oh, and blessings to you too, Mary.

what a perfect soup for a bad weather day....and Local Salmon, that is definitely the way to go..Thanks so much for stopping by my blog...you can be sure I will be a regular vistor to yoursAll The BestDennis

Mary- This is just the kind of soup I am looking for. I need a something light and fresh, and this soup sounds divine! I have salmon and fish stock, now I just need the leeks. Thanks for this lightened up taste of Spring!Yvonne

Lovely! Lovely light salmon and leek soup. Brilliant for a change of season meal. Just what we need. I rarely cook fish as it makes me quite nervous but this could actually be easy enough for me! Wonderful!

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